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Recursion. A scientific news magazine in artificial biology. We cover astrobiology, artificial life, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and much more, focusing both on scientific discovery and technological development.

We share science on the quest for creating and understanding life on earth and in the universe. Experiments, theories, visionary companies, new technologies, ideas. Personal stories and adventures in uncovering the mysterious tangle that is life.

According to Stephen Hawking, the 21st is The Century of Complexity and what is more complex than life? Basically any complex phenomenon has something to do with living systems, whether economy, ecology or obviously biology itself. They represent both mysteries to be solved and great opportunities for the most futuristic technologies we can ever imagine.

Where does life come from? How to build a living system from scratch? Is there life on other planets? How to engineer sentience? These and many other questions keep us wake at night, not only because they are central for understanding our place in the universe, but also because they will lead to new powerful technologies that may trigger deep transformative change in our society, for the better. Biological machines, nanobots, precision medicine, universal replicators, regenerative agriculture, terraforming other planets, exploring the universe, curing cancer and disease, manufacturing at the nanoscale, creating intelligent materials and catalyzing the evolution of the human civilization to a post-scarcity society.

If you are interested in these topics and want to discover more, this is the place where you'll find them covered, one building block at a time. If you are on this boat and you are interested in contributing as a staff writer, get in touch!